I've always loved the thought of having a smart home filled with devices that automatically schedule cleaning, lighting, or other features without my involvement. The vision never quite materialized because the smart home is fractured into multiple ecosystems, but it wasn't until I set up Home Assistant that I was able to get my home devices into something approaching the vision of the future I was sold.

Tesla’s in-car visualizations for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving might be getting an upgrade with a switch to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. As reported by Not a Tesla App, Tesla hacker greentheonly says they found evidence of the change in Tesla’s 2025.20 firmware for Tesla Model S and Model X cars with AMD chips.Unreal Engine is perhaps best known as a development tool for video games, but Epic has been making a bigger push as of late for automakers to use Unreal Engine. Currently, Tesla uses the Godot engine for the visualizations, according to greentheonly, so if Tesla switches to Unreal Engine, it would join a growing number of automakers that use Epic’s engine inside its cars, including Rivian, Ford, GMC, Volvo, and Lotus.Tesla and Epic Games didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. This isn’t the first time the two companies have been connected to each other; Tesla’s Cybertruck was added to Fortnite last year.

In a regulatory filing on Monday, Kodak warned investors that the 133-year-old photography company didn’t have the financing it would need to pay around $500 million of debt obligations that were coming due, raising doubts about the company’s ability to continue.But in a statement shared with The Verge, Kodak says it plans to use money from the company’s pension fund to pay off a large portion of its debt before it comes due. “The “going concern” language in Kodak’s 10-Q is essentially required disclosure because Kodak’s debt comes due within 12 months of the filing,” according to Denisse Goldbarg, Kodak’s CMO and Head of EAMER Sales.If anything, Goldbarg says, Kodak will end the process with “a stronger balance sheet than we have had in years.” Here’s Goldbarg’s full statement:“Kodak is confident it will be able to pay off a significant portion of its term loan well before it becomes due, and amend, extend or refinance our remaining debt and/or preferred stock obligations. To fund the repayment, we plan to draw on the approximately $300 million in cash we expect to receive from the reversion and settlement of our U.S. pension fund (the Kodak Retirement Income Plan, or “KRIP”) in December. However, the KRIP reversion is not solely within Kodak’s control and therefore is not deemed “probable” under U.S. GAAP accounting rules, which is what triggered the “going concern.” Once the KRIP reversion is completed Kodak will be virtually net debt free and will have a stronger balance sheet than we have had in years.”

A Redditor has shared a few images of what they say is a prototype of a new color screen Amazon Kindle. | Image: u/Successful_Bear4855 / Reddit A Reddit user, writing in Portuguese, has shared a handful of images of what appears to be a prototype of a small Kindle with a color screen. The device shows the name Kindle Petit Color in the corner of one image, although the post author says that name hasn’t been finalized yet.The Redditor says the screen’s colors are “much better than the Colorsoft” and the prototype lets you adjust the intensity and saturation of individual colors. The size of the device’s screen bezels are similar to Amazon’s entry-level black-and-white Kindle, but they claim it will actually be a little smaller than the 11th-generation version of the e-reader. According to the post’s author, the prototype’s user interface takes better advantage of its color E Ink screen, letting you change the colors of the battery, Wi-Fi, and shopping cart icons, as well as the reading progress status bar. The text of an ebook can also be colored and will dynamically transition from one color to another through four different shades as you progress through a book, giving you another visual clue as to when you’re near the end.These images and details are unconfirmed, and while Amazon has been expanding its lineup of color-screen Kindles, you should take this leak with more than a few grains of salt.

During the 90s, the two main consoles at constant war with each other were the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. Many people at the time debated which one was the best, and the sales between them reflected a constant back-and-forth. Sega went on to release multiple accessories for the Genesis, giving it an edge on the market and hopefully enticing gamers to buy more Sega products. One of the add-ons to the Genesis in 1992 was the Sega CD, a CD-ROM drive attachment that enabled the Genesis to play games stored on CD-ROMs. However, the high price point of the attachment was a major hurdle for most customers, which eventually led to a loss of momentum in the console race with Nintendo.

Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told callers the business does not support the sale of LGBTQ content."We apologize: the information given by our support team was totally wrong," said Stripe spokesperson Casey Becker in an email to The Verge. "Stripe has no prohibitions on the sale of LGBTQ+ content or goods." Angry customers have been calling payment processors on behalf of the creators who have had their adult content deindexed - or removed from search queries - by itch.io. Stripe's …Read the full story at The Verge.

When it comes to upgrading to a better monitor, OLED displays are inevitably part of the conversation. Self-emitting pixels are the gold standard for high contrast, vibrant colors, and instantaneous response times. However, which OLED should you go for? Is it better to choose, say, a 4K 240Hz OLED monitor with a traditional 27" screen, or a 1440p 165Hz OLED with an ultrawide screen? I believe the latter works best for most people, considering the superior immersion and reasonably high performance at a relatively lower price.

It's now easier to play your favorite games on the go, thanks to services that allow you to stream AAA titles to your phone, tablet, and other devices. Of course, if you want the best results, you're still going to need good hardware, which is where a top-end gaming laptop comes in. Naturally, these laptops aren't cheap, which means you'll have to rely on sales in order to get one for less.

Building a gaming PC is always fun, but if you're short on time or not very tech-savvy, opting for a pre-built PC is your best bet. Not only do you get peace of mind knowing that everything is set and ready to go out of the box, but there's also a pretty good chance that you can save yourself from a huge headache, since some parts are impossible to find on your own. Plus, pre-built PCs also come with a warranty, so just in case something does go wrong, you'll be covered.

Agentic AI is the next big thing in large language models, but most Agentic AI systems are cloud-based. While these are broad language models trained to handle a wide range of tasks and queries, there are some huge drawbacks to the cloud-based LLM setup, including energy costs, environmental impact, and data security. Cloud-based AI agents aren't always a good solution.

A close-up of artwork by Canadian artist, activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong, created for plastic pollution treaty negotiations, is seen in front of the United Nations offices in Geneva on August 12th. | Photo: Getty Images Thousands of delegates have descended upon Geneva this week for what's supposed to be the culmination of years of negotiations that, if successful, are supposed to end in a groundbreaking global plastics treaty. They might be breathing in the very thing they're trying to clean up as they negotiate.Greenpeace tested the air around the city just before the talks began this month and found a small amount of microplastics. It wasn't so much a rigorous study as it was a way to prove a point. Microplastics are turning up all over the place, including in the air we breathe. That's why health and environmental advocates, as well as a coalition o …Read the full story at The Verge.

The single-board computer market is full of capable devices, from ultra-low-power boards to desktop-class Arm systems. I’ve tested many of them, and while some excel in specific areas, the Raspberry Pi remains my go-to for most projects. Its mix of community support, software compatibility, accessory availability, and balanced performance continues to make it one of the most dependable and versatile SBCs you can buy.